- סלעא
- סִלְעָא, סִי׳ch. sam(סלע , to cleave), 1) Sela. Targ. Ex. 30:13 (h. text שקל); a. fr.Y.Kidd.I, 58d bot. ס׳ ד׳ דינרין one Sela has four Denars; a. fr.Pl. סַלְעִין, סִלְ׳, סִלְעַיָּא, סִי׳. Targ. Gen. 20:16. Targ. Ex. l. c.; a. fr.B. Bath. X, 2 (165b; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 6; 7); a. fr. 2) pl. as ab. scales on the serpent. Gen. R. s. 20 הלין ס׳ דביהוכ׳ (not הדין) those scales on the serpent are leprosy (v. preced.); Ex. R. s. 3; Yalk. Gen. 30 (not רביה).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.